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Hola and welcome to live coverage of Stage 16 of La Vuelta - a 144.4km ride from Pravia to Alto de la Cubilla for the sixth summit finish of the race. Just two more to go...

Vuelta a España
Stage 16 | Mountain | Men | 09.09.2019
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Updated 09/09/2019 at 15:44 GMT


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Astonishingly, that was Fuglsang's maiden Grand Tour stage win - at the 14th attempt.
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Nairo Quintana comes to the finish 8'32" down and so he will concede his fifth spot on GC by a matter of seconds to Majka.
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Big final dig for Pogacar but he can't shake Lopez or Roglic. The come over the line 6'03" down. Valverde comes to the line 6'22" down and in the wheel of Soler and ahead of Majka.
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Back to the result and Brambilla took fifth with De Gendt, Bizkarra, Ghebreigzabhier, Gilbert and Bouchard completing the top 10. Bouchard will be in polka dots tonight.
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Valverde won't lose second place today - he'd have to concede well over a minute - but he's against the ropes. Pogacar is emerging as the biggest threat to his countryman's crown as this race progresses. Meanwhile, Majka will move above Quintana and into fifth.
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Meanwhile, there's still over a kilometre left for the big guns. Roglic is back with Pogacar and Lopez, with Valverde a bit behind. Could we have Slovenians in the top two spots on GC tonight?
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It's second place for Britain's Teo Geoghegan Hart (Team Ineos) who comes home 23 seconds down. It's one better than yesterday, but not the result he wanted. Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) is a distant third, at around 52 seconds, ahead of James Knox of Deceuninck-QuickStep, who will rise up the standings today, perhaps into the top 10.
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Victory for Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang (Astana). It's his first on the Vuelta - and the latest in a stellar season.
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Fuglsang within touching distance now...
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Into the last misty kilometre for the leaders... Behind, Lopez puts in another dig. He takes Pogacar with him, but Roglic sits up and rides with Majka, while Soler drops back to help pace Valverde, who is feeling the pinch.
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Meanwhile, back on the front of the race, and Geoghegan Hart looks pretty cooked. He's 18 seconds down on Fuglsang now and so he's probably going to miss out again having finished third yesterday.
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Soler is now caught by Majka after it allears there's a stalemate between the top four riders in this Vuelta. Indeed, they slow up so much that they're caught by another six riders. Soler doesn't have a clue what's going on behind him, and sits up to let Majka ride clear.
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Another attack from Lopez, but Pogacar, Roglic, Valverde and Majka can follow. Soler could have - but he's further up the road after being given leave from Valverde to zip ahead.
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ATTACK FROM LOPEZ! Slovenian duo Pogacar and Roglic stick with him, while Movistar's Marc Soler helps pull Valverde back into contention along with Rafal Majka of Bora.
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Fuglsang's Tour ended early after that crash in Belgium. He soldiered on but was never really in the mix before crashing out again with a broken collarbone. He came to the Vuelta to support Lopez, but here he has the chance to get a maiden Vuelta stage win.
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Fuglsang has dropped Brambilla, who is now back with Sanchez and Knox, replacing Geoghegan Hart's place in the chase group after the Ineos rider rode clear. Can he catch the Dane?
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Astana now bossing it on all fronts! The boys in baby blue come to the front of the main pack for Miguel Angel Lopez and they've exploded this red jersey group. Roglic still has Kuss and Bennett, but Quintana has popped. Pogacar and Valverde still there.
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Sanchez joins the two British youngsters under the 6km banner. They trail the two leaders by 10 seconds. Fuglsang has never won a stage on the Vuelta before - but finished second in Stage 14 of the 2009 Vuelta, his maiden Grand Tour. As for Brambilla, he won a stage on the Vuelta in 2016 so is looking to double up.
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Fuglsang and Brambilla go clear! British duo Geoghegan Hart and Knox chase behind, with Sanchez not far back.
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Bouchard, Siegle and Gilbert are riding in a chase trio but it looks like they won't see this five-man move again. Make that six-man move because Ghebreigzaghier is closing in, with Bizkarra not too far behind.